pi-whimsy-status

A Pi extension that replaces the default Working… label with rotating whimsical messages.

It adds:

• whimsical status lines with a custom voice
• elapsed runtime
• esc to interrupt
• animated shimmer inspired by Codex CLI

Example

Untangling the context noodles… (12s • esc to interrupt)

Repository layout

extensions/pi-whimsy-status/  canonical Pi extension directory with index.ts entrypoint
index.ts                      root re-export for Pi auto-discovery and quick testing

Installation

Global symlink

mkdir -p ~/.pi/agent/extensions
ln -sfn "$PWD" ~/.pi/agent/extensions/pi-whimsy-status

Then run /reload inside Pi.

Quick test

pi --extension ./index.ts

Pi package metadata

This repo is also structured as a Pi package:

{
  "pi": {
    "extensions": ["./extensions/pi-whimsy-status"]
  }
}

Development

npm pack

Publishing

When you're ready:

npm publish

License

MIT